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{{Infobox NRHP
| name          = Quadrangle Club
| nrhp_type     = cp
| partof        = [[Princeton Historic District (Princeton, New Jersey)|Princeton Historic District]]
| partof_refnum = 75001143<ref>{{cite web|title=Princeton Historic District|url={{NRHP url|id=75001143}}|website=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service}}</ref>
| image         = Quadrangle Club Princeton.JPG
| caption       =
| location      = 33 Prospect Ave, [[Princeton, New Jersey]]
| coordinates   = {{coord|40|20|52.8|N|74|39|09.8|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin      = USA New Jersey Mercer County#New Jersey#USA
| area          =
| built         = 1916
| architect     = [[Henry Milliken]]
| architecture  = [[Georgian architecture|Georgian Revival]]
| added         = 27 June 1975
| nocat         = yes
}}

The '''Princeton Quadrangle Club''', often abbreviated to "Quad", is one of the eleven [[Eating club (Princeton University)|eating clubs at Princeton University]] that remain open.  Located at 33 Prospect Avenue, the club is currently "sign-in," meaning it permits any second-semester sophomore, junior or senior to join.<ref>[http://www.theprospect.net/the-lowdown-on-the-eating-clubs-of-princeton-17713 The Lowdown on the Eating Clubs of Princeton - The Prospect]</ref> The club's tradition of openness is demonstrated as far back as 1970,  when Quadrangle became one of the first [[coeducational]] eating clubs (Princeton University itself began admitting women in 1969, and the last eating clubs to include women did so in 1991).

==History==
[[Image:Quadrangle Club in winter.JPG|thumb|left|upright=1.2|The [[Georgian architecture|Georgian Revival]] structure was designed by Henry Milliken (Princeton Class of '05) in 1915]]

The club was formed in 1896 in a house built on the south side of Prospect Avenue.  In its early years, it changed its location several times.  In 1901, it moved to the north side of "the Street," and in 1903 it moved back to the south side, where the [[Princeton Tower Club]] now stands.  In 1910 it moved to a house built in 1887 for [[James McCosh]], the eleventh president of Princeton University.  In 1915, Quadrangle Club sold the McCosh house and built its own house, designed by Henry Milliken, Princeton Class of 1905 in a classic brick [[Georgian architecture|Georgian Revival]] structure.  The club has existed in this building since 1916.

[[F. Scott Fitzgerald]] described Quadrangle Club in ''[[This Side of Paradise]]'' as "Literary Quadrangle."  Fitzgerald later commented that he might have felt more comfortable in "Literary Quadrangle" with contemporaries such as [[John Peale Bishop]], an American poet.<ref>Tumball, Andrew.  ''Scott Fitzgerald''.  New York: Grove Press, 2001: p. 57</ref><ref>[http://fitzgerald.narod.ru/crackup/047e-princeton.html Princeton by F. Scott Fitzgerald<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

In 2016, Quad signed-in 115 new members, a 342% increase from the year before and more than any other sign-in eating club except for [[Terrace Club]].<ref>[http://dailyprincetonian.com/news/2016/02/terrace-most-popular-fourth-year-in-a-row-quad-receives-significant-increase-in-membership/ Quad Receives Significant Increase in Membership - Daily Princetonian]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.quadrangleclub.me/ |title=Quadrange Club Newsletter |access-date=2016-04-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424220838/http://www.quadrangleclub.me/ |archive-date=2016-04-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The current Chairman of the Board is alumnus [[Dinesh Maneyapanda]].<ref>[http://www.princeton.com/dinesh-maneyapanda Princeton Consultants]</ref>

==Musical tradition==
With some funding from the Princeton Undergraduate Student Government, the Quadrangle Club has hosted to some of the biggest concerts on Princeton's campus, including [[Barenaked Ladies]] in 1993, [[Lifehouse (band)|Lifehouse]] in 2003, [[Maroon 5]] in 2004, [[Rihanna]] in 2006, and [[T-Pain]] in 2013.  These concerts have been documented as having drawn more than half of the university's entire undergraduate population. Below is a listing of the groups that have performed at the club in recent years at the semiannual University-wide festival called "Lawnparties".

The club’s perspicacious interest in music also extends to identifying early musical talent and booking intimate club music evenings with future superstars. For example, in the late 1980s Blues Traveler played a party at Quadrangle before the release of their first album.   

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Performing Groups (Spring)
!Performing Groups (Fall)
|-
|2003
|[[Lifehouse (band)|Lifehouse]]<ref>{{cite web|title=PADA lauds Sanders '04 for fighting alcohol abuse|url=http://dailyprincetonian.com/news/2003/11/pada-lauds-sanders-04-for-fighting-alcohol-abuse/|website=Daily Princetonian|access-date=13 June 2015}}</ref>
|[[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton and P-Funk All-Stars]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://dailyprincetonian.com/street/2003/10/george-clinton-a-funk-legend-to-visit-quad/ |title=George Clinton: A funk legend to visit Quad |access-date=2015-06-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615230005/http://dailyprincetonian.com/street/2003/10/george-clinton-a-funk-legend-to-visit-quad/ |archive-date=2015-06-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|2004
|[[Maroon 5]]<ref>[http://dailyprincetonian.com/news/2004/05/university-investigates-verizon-for-contract-violation/ University investigates Verizon for contract violation]</ref>
| N/A{{efn|A comedy event was held instead of a concert.}}
|-
|2005
|[[Phantom Planet]] and [[The Gin Blossoms]]<ref>[http://dailyprincetonian.com/news/2005/05/meet-the-band/ Meet the band - The Daily Princetonian<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
|[[Jurassic 5]]<ref>[http://dailyprincetonian.com/news/2005/09/no-method-to-madness/ No method to madness - The Daily Princetonian<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=508827 The Harvard Crimson :: News :: Concert Planners Face Range of Hurdles<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
|-
|2006
|[[Ghostface Killah]] and [[Rooney (band)|Rooney]]
| [[Rihanna]] and [[The Pink Spiders]]<ref>[http://dailyprincetonian.com/news/2006/05/rihanna-to-perform-at-lawnparties/ Rihanna to perform at Lawnparties - The Daily Princetonian<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://dailyprincetonian.com/news/2006/09/pon-de-lawnparties/ Pon de Lawnparties - The Daily Princetonian<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
|-
|2007
|[[Less Than Jake]] and [[Reel Big Fish]]<ref>[http://dailyprincetonian.com/news/2007/04/two-punk-rock-ska-bands-to-perform-at-lawnparties/ Two punk rock, ska bands to perform at Lawnparties - The Daily Princetonian<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
|[[Everclear (band)|Everclear]] and [[The Fold]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Everclear to perform at Lawnparties|url=http://dailyprincetonian.com/news/2007/09/everclear-to-perform-at-lawnparties/|website=Daily Princetonian|access-date=13 June 2015}}</ref>
|-
|2008
|[[Howie Day]] and [[New Found Glory]]
|[[Matt Nathanson]] and [[Lupe Fiasco]]<ref>[http://dailyprincetonian.com/news/2008/09/lupe-fiasco-to-perform-at-lawnparties/ Lupe Fiasco to play at Lawnparties - The Daily Princetonian]</ref>
|-
|2009
|[[Gym Class Heroes]]<ref>[http://dailyprincetonian.com/news/2009/04/gym-class-heroes-to-perform-at-lawnparties/ Gym Class Heroes to Perform at Lawnparties - The Daily Princetonian]</ref>
| N/A{{efn|The money for the concert was instead donated to the Pace Center.}}
|-
|2010
|[[The Roots]]<ref>{{cite web|title=USG selects The Roots for Lawnparties|url=http://dailyprincetonian.com/news/2010/04/usg-selects-the-roots-for-lawnparties-2/|access-date=13 June 2015}}</ref>
|Super Mash Bros and [[B.o.B]]<ref>[http://dailyprincetonian.com/news/2010/09/b-o-b-to-headline-lawnparties-confirming-speculation/ B.o.B to Headline Lawnparties, Confirming Speculation - The Daily Princetonian]</ref>
|-
|2011
|[[Big K.R.I.T.]] and [[Wiz Khalifa]]<ref>[http://dailyprincetonian.com/news/2011/03/rapper-wiz-khalifa-to-perform-at-lawnparties/ Rapper Wiz Khalifa to Perform at Lawnparties - The Daily Princetonian]</ref>
|[[Far East Movement]] and The White Panda<ref>[http://dailyprincetonian.com/news/2011/09/far-east-movement-to-headline-lawnparties/ Far East Movement to Headline Lawnparties - The Daily Princetonian]</ref>
|-
|2012
|[[Timeflies]] and [[Childish Gambino]]<ref>[http://dailyprincetonian.com/news/2012/03/rapper-childish-gambino-to-headline-spring-lawnparties/ Rapper Childish Gambino to Headline Spring Lawnparties - The Daily Princetonian]</ref>
|[[Third Eye Blind]]<ref>{{cite web|title=After nine year absence, Third Eye Blind to return for fall Lawnparties|url=http://dailyprincetonian.com/news/2012/09/after-nine-year-absence-third-eye-blind-to-return-for-fall-lawnparties/|website=Daily Princetonian|access-date=13 June 2015}}</ref>
|-
|2013
|[[Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Lawnparties preview spring 2013|url=http://dailyprincetonian.com/street/2013/05/lawnparties-preview-spring-2013/|website=Daily Princetonian|access-date=13 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615230031/http://dailyprincetonian.com/street/2013/05/lawnparties-preview-spring-2013/|archive-date=15 June 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|[[Chiddy Bang]] and [[T-Pain]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Lawnparties Preview: T-Pain, Chiddy Bang and more|url=http://dailyprincetonian.com/street/2013/09/lawnparties-preview-fall-2013/|access-date=13 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615230025/http://dailyprincetonian.com/street/2013/09/lawnparties-preview-fall-2013/|archive-date=15 June 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
|2014
|[[Mayer Hawthorne]] and [[GRiZ]]<ref>{{cite web|title=GRiZ and Mayer Hawthorne to headline Lawnparties|url=http://dailyprincetonian.com/news/2014/04/breaking-griz-and-mayer-hawthorne-to-headline-lawnparties/|website=Daily Princetonian|access-date=13 June 2015}}</ref>
|[[Schoolboy Q]] and [[Angel Haze]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Schoolboy Q to headline fall Lawnparties, Angel Haze to be opening act|url=http://dailyprincetonian.com/news/2014/08/schoolboy-q-to-headline-fall-lawnparties-angel-haze-to-be-opening-act/|website=Daily Princetonian|access-date=13 June 2015}}</ref>
|-
|2015
|[[Big Sean]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Big Sean to perform at Lawnparties|url=http://dailyprincetonian.com/news/2015/03/big-sean-to-perform-at-lawnparties/|website=Daily Princetonian|access-date=6 December 2015}}</ref>
|[[Holychild]] and [[Nate Ruess]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Ruess, former lead vocalist of Fun., Holychild to perform at Lawnparties|url=http://dailyprincetonian.com/news/2015/09/ruess-former-lead-vocalist-of-fun-holychild-to-perform-at-lawnparties/|website=Daily Princetonian|access-date=6 December 2015}}</ref>
|-
|2016
|[[Chvrches]]<ref>{{cite web|title=CHVRCHES to perform at Lawnparties|url=http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2016/04/chvrches-to-perform-at-lawnparties|website=Daily Princetonian|access-date=10 June 2017}}</ref>
|[[Icona Pop]] and [[Sammy Adams]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Icona Pop, Sammy Adams to perform at Lawnparties|url=http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2016/09/icona-pop-sammy-adams-to-perform-at-lawnparties|website=Daily Princetonian|access-date=10 June 2017}}</ref>
|-
|2017
|[[Jeremih]] and [[J.I.D]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Lawnparties Headliner at Quad: Jeremih ft. J.I.D|url=http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2017/05/lawnparties-headliner-at-quad-jeremih-ft-j-i-d|website=Daily Princetonian|access-date=10 June 2017}}</ref>
|[[Tinashe]] and [[Awkwafina]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Tinashe a hit at fall Lawnparties|url=http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2017/09/tinashe-at-fall-lawnparties|website=Daily Princetonian|access-date=24 April 2018}}</ref>
|-
|2018
|[[Vince Staples]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Spring 2018 headliner really Staples Lawnparties together|url=http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2018/05/vince-staples-spring-lawnparties-2018|website=Daily Princetonian|access-date=10 May 2018}}</ref>
|[[Cheat Codes (DJs)|Cheat Codes]] and DJ CTE<ref>{{cite web|title=Fall Lawnparties succeeds with Cheat Codes|url=http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2018/09/lawnparties-fall-2018|website=Daily Princetonian|access-date=9 May 2019}}</ref>
|-
|2019
|[[A Boogie wit da Hoodie]], IV Jay, and Malpractice<ref>{{cite web|title=Students boogie wit A Boogie at spring Lawnparties|url=http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2019/05/students-boogie-wit-a-boogie-at-spring-lawnparties|website=Daily Princetonian|access-date=9 May 2019}}</ref>
|[[CupcakKe]], [[3OH!3]], [[Rich Homie Quan]]<ref>{{cite web|title=USG announces CupcakKe, 3OH!3, Rich Homie Quan as co-headliners for Lawnparties|url=http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2019/09/usg-announces-cupcakke-3oh3-rich-homie-quan-as-co-headliners-for-lawnparties|website=Daily Princetonian|access-date=15 September 2019}}</ref>
|-
|2020
| N/A{{efn|Cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]}}
|[[Jason Derulo]] (virtual)<ref>{{cite web|title=USG hosts $80,000 virtual Lawnparties with headliner Jason Derulo |url=https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2020/11/virtual-lawnparties-jason-derulo|website=Daily Princetonian|access-date=2 November 2020}}</ref>
|-
|2021
| N/A{{efn|Cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]}}
|[[A$AP Ferg]]<ref>{{cite web|title=A$AP Ferg announced as new headliner two days before Lawnparties|url=https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2021/10/asap-ferg-lawnparties-breaking-princeton|website=Daily Princetonian|access-date=1 October 2021}}</ref>
|}

== Notable alumni ==
* [[Stephen Ailes]] '33 - [[United States Secretary of the Army]] 1964-1965
* [[R. W. Apple, Jr.]] '57 - [[The New York Times|New York Times]] editor<ref>[https://archive.today/20130121065725/http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2006/10/05/news/16079.shtml 'Prince' Elects Apple Chairman, Motland Voted Business Manager - The Daily Princetonian<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[Robert L. Belknap]] '51 - Russian literature scholar and dean of [[Columbia College (New York)|Columbia College]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-01-21 |title=Robert L. Belknap '51 |url=https://paw.princeton.edu/memorial/robert-l-belknap-%E2%80%9951 |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=Princeton Alumni Weekly |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Jeff Bezos]] '86 - founder of [[Amazon.com]]<ref>[http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/85/bezos_1.html Inside the Mind of Jeff Bezos | Fast Company<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[Eduardo Bhatia]] '86 - 15th [[President of the Senate of Puerto Rico]]
* [[John Peale Bishop]] '17 - writer, poet<ref>Tumball, Andrew. Scott Fitzgerald. New York: Grove Press, 2001: p. 57</ref>
* [[Kit Bond]] '60 - former [[United States Senate|U.S. senator]] and [[List of Governors of Missouri|governor of Missouri]]<ref>[http://thetrad.blogspot.com/2011/03/frank-deford-princeton-eating-clubs.html Frank Deford & Princeton Eating Clubs]</ref>
* [[Ralph DeNunzio]] '56 - investment banker and chairman of the [[New York Stock Exchange]]<ref>[http://www.princeton53.org/ Princeton Class of 1953<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* Fred E. Fox '39 - collector of [[Princeton University|Princeton]] traditions known as "Keeper of the Princetoniana"
* [[Robert F. Goheen]] '40 - [[president of Princeton University]] and [[Ambassadors from the United States|U.S. Ambassador]] to [[India]]<ref>[https://www.princeton.edu/~paw/archive_new/PAW06-07/04-1108/features_goheen.html PAW November 8, 2006: Features<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>{{cite magazine| url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,867436,00.html?iid=chix-sphere | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022113042/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,867436,00.html?iid=chix-sphere | url-status=dead | archive-date=October 22, 2012 | magazine=Time | title=Education: One of the Ablest | date=December 17, 1956 | access-date=May 22, 2010}}</ref>
* [[Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers]] '87 - US District Judge for the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of California]]
* J. Robert Hillier '59 - Founder of Hillier Architecture (sold to [[RMJM]] in 2007)
* [[David Huebner]] '82 - [[United States Ambassador to New Zealand]] and Samoa
*[[Wentworth Miller]] '95 - Actor, model and screenwriter
* [[Jerome Powell]] '75 - Chair of the [[Federal Reserve]]
* [[Neil L. Rudenstine]] '56 - Former president of [[Harvard University]].
* [[George Shultz|George P. Shultz]] '42 - Former [[United States Secretary of Labor]], [[Secretary of the Treasury]], [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]], and president of [[Bechtel]].<ref>[http://princetoneatingclubs.org/eating-club/quadrangle-club/ Eating Clubs of Princeton]</ref>
* [[Adlai Stevenson II|Adlai Stevenson]] '22 - [[governor of Illinois]], [[United States Ambassador to the United Nations|U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations]], and [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] nominee for [[President of the United States|President]] in [[1952 United States presidential election|1952]] and [[1956 United States presidential election|1956]]<ref>[https://www.princeton.edu/pr/news/97/q3/0808-stevenson.html Princeton - News - Mudd Library Completes Catalog, Preservation of Adlai E. Stevenson Papers<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
*[[Robert Venturi]] '47 - Architect (at Princeton: Wu Hall, Lewis Thomas Laboratory, [[Frist Campus Center]])
* Sir [[Gordon Wu]] '58 - Chairman of [[Hopewell Holdings]]

==Notes==
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==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*[https://www.princeton.edu/~quad Princeton Quadrangle Club undergraduate website]
*[https://www.quadrangleclub.org Princeton Quadrangle Club alumni website]

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